A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
In the latest episode of the Courage My Friends series, Cynthia Khoo, Jeff Doctor and Hadrian Mertons-Kirkwood discuss the dangers of Canada’s accelerated approach to artificial intelligence.
We are pleased to welcome award-winning author Saeed Teebi who speaks to us about his powerful new book, You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times.
Karen Cocq, Aisling Bondy and Alina Murad discuss the dangers to refugee rights and protections posed by the Carney Government’s new border Bills C-2 and C-12.
In episode three of this latest season of the Courage My Friends series, Amanda Shaw, Martin Lee and Ben McCarthy discuss the deliberate dismantling of Ontario’s public college system by Ontario’s Ford government.
In our latest installment of the Courage My Friends series, Janelle Lapointe, Lauren Latour and Rachel Small discuss the September 20th Draw the Line national day of action, the historic mobilization for people, for peace and for the planet.
In our season 9 premiere, nurse, scholar and author Martha Paynter discusses Canada’s unique approach to abortion and her new book, Lawless: Abortion Under Complete Decriminalization.
Dr. Ahmed Abu Shaban discusses the weaponization of food insecurity and the climate crisis against the Palestinian people.
Laura Walton and Jeff Brown discuss education, trade wars and union responses to the polycrisis.
Labour Fair 2025 keynote speaker, Deena Ladd, discusses what’s needed for “workers’ first” response to the tariff crisis.
In the opening discussion of the 33rd annual Labour Fair at George Brown College, JP Hornick discusses labour organizing and the critical need for labour education in these times.
Henry Giroux discusses the rise of a new brand of fascism in the US, the attack on democracy and its cultural institutions and the necessity for critical education and a pedagogy of resistance.
In episode four, we focus on the upcoming 25th annual Mental Health Conference at George Brown College in Toronto and this year’s theme, Thriving Together in the Classroom: Creating the Conditions for Student Well-Being.
